New Fiction Forum The Territory of Trauma: Joyce Hackett
Writing in the shadow of the Holocaust
Paula Fox: Poor George; Desperate Characters; The Widow's Children Randall Curb
Essays
The Place of Tolerance in Islam Khaled El Fadl
On reading the Qur'an—and misreading it.
What Comes After Welfare Reform? J. Larry Brown and Larry W. Beeferman
How we can ensure economic security, for all Americans.
On Film: Absurd Humanism Alan A. Stone
A Czech film explores human cruely and the possibility of forgiveness
Poetry
Poet's Sampler: Catherine Wagner introduced by Rae Armantrout
Sound and Sentience Nathaniel Mackey
From the Book of the Boot Jeanne Marie Beaumont
Fortune Cookies Dorothea Tanning
Of a Pressing Nature Geoffrey G. O'Brien
Acension Provisos 15 Andrew Zawacki
Boundary Fencing and Telstra Wire Coral Hull
Head Peter Sacks
Press Conference (January 9) David Lehman
Fiction
Ninth Annual Short Story Contest Winner: Manini Nayar
Reviews
Poetry
Keith Tuma, editor: Anthology of Twentieth-Century British & Irish Poetry Stephen Burt
Ann Lauterbach: If in Time: New and Selected Poems 19752000 Thomas Fink
Lynn Hejinian: The Language of Inquiry
Bruce Andrews: Paradise and Method Brian Kim Stefans
Prose
Malika Oufkir: Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail Susan Slyomovics
Microreviews
Poetry Microreviews
Prose Microreviews